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Tom Miller has posted some new information about the future of Managed DirectX . I suggest anyone interested in the subject take a read, since it would change a lot of the public interfaces for the runtime. Visual Studio 2005 is going to give us some Read More...

How descriptive should a variable name be (and when should you abbreviate)? This entry on internal naming convention in C# presents one of the more esoteric elements of stylistic convention. When is it appropriate to abbreviate, and when is it appropriate Read More...

I want to thank everyone for their feedback on my style guide for internal variables. I'll be adding your feedback to the posts to fill out those sections that I may have understated. I'm getting a lot of great criticism and additions -- if you happen Read More...

How should a variable name indicate it's scope (member versus local versus static versus parameter names)? This is one of the toughest and most hotly contested stylistic topics in C# code design. Styles range from the use of pure Hungarian notation to Read More...

I've gotten to the point that I've seen a lot of .Net source and a lot of different styles. After a while it becomes pretty easy to know a lot about a particular coder from his style. I'll look at one person's application source and think, “Hey, Read More...